Lillian Russell

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Lillian Russell

"The life and loves of the woman whose beauty had the world and its famous men at her feet!"

1940

2h 7m

6.1(10 votes)

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Overview

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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60 members

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Alice Faye

Lillian Russell

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Don Ameche

Edward Solomon

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Henry Fonda

Alexander Moore

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Edward Arnold

Diamond Jim Brady

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Warren William

Jesse Lewisohn

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Leo Carrillo

Tony Pastor

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Helen Westley

Grandma Leonard

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Nigel Bruce

William Gilbert

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Lynn Bari

Edna McCauley

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Claud Allister

Arthur Sullivan

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Una O'Connor

Marie

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William B. Davidson

President Cleveland

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Dorothy Peterson

Cynthia Leonard

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Ernest Truex

Charles K. Leonard

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Joe Weber

Himself

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Lew Fields

Himself

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Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy Sr.

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Joseph Cawthorn

Leopold Damrosch

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Diane Fisher

Dorothy

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Elyse Knox

Lillian Russell's Sister

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Joan Valerie

Lillian Russell's Sister

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Alice Armand

Lillian Russell's Sister

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Hal K. Dawson

Chauffeur

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Charles Halton

Dr' Dobbins

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Robert Emmett Keane

Jeweler

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Harry Hayden

Mr. Sloane

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Frank Darien

Coachman

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Frank Sully

Hank

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Ottola Nesmith

Miss Smyth

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Ferike Boros

Mrs. Rose

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Frank M. Thomas

Official

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Robert Homans

Stage Doorman

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William Haade

Soldier

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Irving Bacon

Soldier

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Paul E. Burns

Soldier

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Cecil Cunningham

Mrs. Hobbs

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Bonnie Bannon

Woman

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Esther Brodelet

Woman

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A.S. Byron

Policeman

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Richard Carle

Bradley

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Ruth Clifford

Extra

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Pauline Garon

Extra

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Leyland Hodgson

Hotel Clerk

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Thaddeus Jones

Mose

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Dennis Kaye

Newly Born Baby

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Tom London

Frank

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Paul McVey

Stage Manager

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Dave Morris

Drunk

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James C. Morton

Bartender

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Steve O'Brien

Boy

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Alexander Pollard

Waiter

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Floyd Shackelford

Valet

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Robert Shaw

Undetermined Role

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Stella Shirpsor

Baby

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Milburn Stone

Jack - Reporter

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Charles Tannen

Reporter

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Lillian West

Nurse

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Philip Winter

Mr. Martin - Tenor

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Lillian Yarbo

Maid

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Robert Ryan

Owen

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